📣 San Diego companies seeking advanced manufacturing talent: With Apprenti, we invite you to host local registered apprentices! ⚙️

Space is limited to just 25—learn how your business can participate ⤵️
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Good news, San Diego:
🎉 TriLink BioTechnologies celebrates new mRNA manufacturing facility
🔬 Alterome Therapeutics raises $132M Series B
🌸 San Diego Regional Chamber leads annual delegation to DC

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There are cool companies...and then there are Cool Companies. 😎

Congratulations to Connect's Cool Companies Class of 2024, which represent 31 of our region's most exciting, innovative emerging tech and life sciences players.

Meet the companies 👇
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Good news, San Diego:
🤖 Sharp Memorial Hospital among first to use new surgical robot
🔬 UC San Diego ranks #5 among public universities for NIH funding
🚚 Platform Science secures $125M in funding

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Happy 40th, ASML! 🎉 Fueled in part by its San Diego site, its semiconductor mfg. equipment is integral to the global chip industry.

We're grateful for ASML's continued regional investment, from collaborating on #inclusiveSD to showcasing its HQ to our #SDinNL delegates.

Earlier this year, Samsung Semiconductor contacted us for ribbon cutting support for its new regional sales office. With its President & CFO in market, our team secured San Diego Mayor Todd Gloria's attendance & aligned with San Diego Regional Chamber to celebrate. 💙

Get the details ⤵️
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Join Cleantech San Diego on 4/24 for the annual Southern California Energy Innovation Network Showcase, where leaders from nine startup companies will introduce you to breakthrough energy technologies that are transforming our clean energy future. ⚡

Register ⤵️
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Good news, San Diego:
🤝 BAE Systems, Inc. wins $182M contract from National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
💰 Avenzo Therapeutics completes $150M Series A
🔬 Biolinq scores $58M to advance wearable biosensors

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Join Southwestern College on 4/12 for its State of the District. You'll hear from Southwestern College & guest speakers (including EDC's Director of Talent Initiatives Taylor Dunne) about the role higher ed. plays in building thriving communities.

Register now ⤵️
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Pharmaceutical powerhouse Pfizer Inc. has signed a 15-year 230K sq. ft. lease to house its growing Pfizer Oncology arm at Breakthrough Properties’s Torrey View campus! 🔬

Joining BD at the complex, the expansion marks San Diego's largest new biotech lease since 2022.
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Good news, San Diego:
🏅 San Diego Padres celebrate Opening Day, San Diego State University Aztecs in Sweet 16
💰 Rakuten Medical raises $119M Series E
💼 Free Enterprise Institute to launch family business initiative

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We recently welcomed TNO Nieuws' CEO Tjark Tjin-A-Tsoi to continue work on a regional digital twin! Together, we joined a demo with the City of San Diego & met with SANDAG, San Diego State University, & UC San Diego leaders to explore how the tech can inform land use & infrastructure decisions.

San Diego friends & colleagues: Join us on June 18 for EDC's Annual Dinner, underwritten by Point Loma Nazarene University, where we'll enjoy great food, thoughtful conversations, & a short program at Petco Park. ⚾

Secure your early bird tickets 🦜
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Congratulations to Cal State San Marcos on its two new donations totaling $20M, the largest gifts in its 35-year history! 🎉

The gifts include $10M to create a first-of-its-kind, three-year bachelor's degree & workforce pipeline for behavioral & mental health.
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Good news, San Diego:
💰 Alexandria GradLabs tenant Capstantx raises $175M
🔬 Pfizer Inc. joins BD at Breakthrough Properties’s Torrey View campus
⚽ San Diego Wave FC, PNC Bank to restore YMCA San Diego's Border soccer field

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Today, we're joining San Diego County Water Authority in celebrating #WorldWaterDay ! Our most basic natural resource, water helps our economy grow & keeps our region thriving. 🌊

Learn how San Diego leads the way in water management for the prosperity of our region ⤵️
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Pathways into quality careers for San Diegans are key to an #inclusiveSD .

Following a presentation on natl. talent trends from Boston Consulting Group's Sacha Litman, our #advancingSD Steering Committee discussed opportunities to collaborate on regional partnerships & long-term talent needs.

Good news, San Diego:
💙 Cal State San Marcos receives record $20M in philanthropic gifts
🖋 SDG&E contracts diverse suppliers for almost 50% of total expenditures in 2023
💰 Avidity Biosciences, Inc. secures $400M in private financing

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ICYMI: Is your business is looking to grow over the next five years or considering leaving CA?

Apply for up to $164M in tax credits from GO-Biz by Monday, 3/18—& contact us for free assistance preparing your submission ⤵️
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💡 From unveiling the 15 companies named to our latest #MetroConnectSD cohort to supporting businesses applying for the Cal Competes Tax Credit, February marked a busy month at EDC.

With and through our investors, here's what we did in February 2024 ⤵️
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